Arti decorative e design

Modern Art: Avant Garde

2011 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Boston, Ars Libri, Ltd, 2011. Softbound. Black/green pictorial wraps, 62pp, numerous color and BW figures. Catalog of Avant'Garde art for sale, numerous pieces from Andre Breton, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, etc. Very useful as a pricing guide. VG, edges and spine show slight we...

English Furniture Designs

Hildesley, P. T. · 1923 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Benn Brothers, Limited, 1923. Hardbound. Black cloth boards w/ gold embossed letters on spine, [ix] 87pp, 87 plates of designs and scale drawings. Eighty-seven furniture designs by the author. VG-, cover shows wear but edges and spine tight, minor tears on some pages, ...

L'Art de Vivre: Decorative Arts and Design in France 1789-1989

Arminjon, Catherine; Yvonne Brunhammer; et. al · 1989 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Vendrome Press, 1989. Hardbound. Brown cloth boards w/ color illustrated dj. 256 pp. Profuse color and BW illustrations. From Publishers Weekly--Based on an exhibit at Manhattan's Cooper-Hewitt Museum, this generously illustrated volume collects eight essays by Europ...

Autograph Letters and Historical Documents: Maggs 1449

2011 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Maggs Bros. Ltd, 2011. Softbound. Burgundy/BW pictorial wraps, unpaginated; approx. 100pp, several BW illustrations. This is a catalog published by Maggs Bros. Ltd, a rare books, first editions, manuscripts and autographs specialist in London. This volume contains nume...

Le Mobilier Royal Francais Aux XVII Et XVIII Siecles: Histoire Et Description

Molinier, Emile · 1902 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$1,250.00 (€1,134.11 | £946.15 | ¥199,609)

Paris, Goupil & co, 1902. Hardbound. 3/4 brown leather with cloth covers, 2 volumes comprised of 5 parts each, complete with covers for each individual part. Vol. 1: Title-page, half-title, vii, 52 pp. of text, followed by plates 1-70. Vol. 2: Plates 71-150. All plates are tis...

The Brooches of Many Nations

Heaton, Harriet A. · 1904 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Nottingham, Murray's Nottingham Book, Inc, 1904. Hardbound. Blackl library buckram with gilt title. 50 pp. and 78 interspersed plates, some more than one to a page. The text is fairly light and non-scholarly. All the illustrations are created by the authoress. Fair+. Paper is ...

El Mueble: Colonial Sudamericano

Taullard, A. · 1947 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,890)

Buenos Aires, Ediciones Peuser S.A. 1947. Hardbound. Beige illustrated boards, 285pp, hundreds of BW plates, select color. Text is in Spanish. An excellent reference book, this text covers colonial South American furniture in detail. A larger book, it contains hundreds of deta...

Locks and Builders Hardware: A Manual for Architects

Towne, Henry R. · 1904 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,930)

New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1904. Hardbound. Maroon cloth with old archival brown tape covering original spine, contained in a slipcase with fold-around protector. 1115, [1] pp. profusely illustrated. This puppy won't win any beauty contests on the surface, but if it's the ...

European Glass: A Brief Outline of the History of Glass Making, with Notes on Various Methods of Glass Decoration, Illustrated by Examples in the Collection of the Author

Buckley, Wilfred and Bernard Rackham and Dr. Ferrand Hudig · 1926 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

London, England, Ernest Benn Limited, 1926. Hardcover. Blue cloth; 96 pp. plus plates; 104 bw plates. Includes an essay by Hudig about diamond engraving; Features an historical outline of glass making, as well as information about engraving, the use of gold foil, sculpture, an...

European Glass: A Brief Outline of the History of Glass Making, with Notes on Various Methods of Glass Decoration, Illustrated by Examples in the Collection of the Author

Buckley, Wilfred and Bernard Rackham and Dr. Ferrand Hudig · 1926 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Boston, Massachusetts, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. Hardcover. Tan cloth with gilt titling at spine and illustration at front cover; 96 pp. plus plates; 104 bw plates. Includes an essay by Hudig about diamond engraving; Features an historical outline of glass making, as wel...

Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' Work

Dawson, Nelson · 1907 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1907. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt titling and illustration at spine and front cover; 266 pp.; 127 bw figures with tissue overlay. Includes jewelry, chalices, tankards, vases, knives, spoons, forks, and many other examples and gold and silver...

The American Craftsman

Williamson, Scott Graham · 1940 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Crown Publishers, 1940. Hardbound. Tan cloth boards, [xiv] 239pp, 343 BW plates. Fantastic book that covers multiple jobs of American Craftsmen; houses and housebuilders, clay workers, glassmakers, bookmakers, ironmasters etc. Includes a detailed bibliography. Good, ...

Pennsylvania Iron Manufacture in the Eighteenth Century

Bining, Arthur Cecil · 1973 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1973. Second. Softbound. Red with BW illustration wraps, 222pp, multiple BW illustrations. An excellent reference on the history of iron manufacture from its origins up until the year 1800. Good, has some markings alon...

Highly Important French Furniture, Decorations and Tapestries from a Private Collection

Sotheby's · 1993 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Sotheby's, 1993. Hardbound. Black pictorial boards w/ color pictorial DJ, 88 [viii]pp, profuse color photgraphs including four fold-outs. Auction catalog for Sotheby's. Detailed plates of furniture and decorations. VG .

Denver Art Museum: Quilt Collection

Dunham, Lydia Roberts (foreward) · 1963 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Denver, The Denver Art Museum, 1963. Softbound. White color pictorial wraps, 124pp, profuse BW and color plates. This is a quarterly periodical by the Denver Art Museum; this issue centers on the quilt collection. The foreward is an excellent essay on the history of quilting i...

Edward Hazen's Panorama of Victorian Trades and Professions

Hazen, Edward · 1837 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, The American Life Foundation Study Institute, 1837. Softbound. Light yellow illustrated wraps, [x] 320pp, numerous BW illustrations within the text. A reprinted/rebound copy of this book, it is an excellent reference book for anyone studying the Victorian Era or look...

The Care of Historical Collections: A Conservation Handbook for the Nonspecialist

Guldbeck, Per E. · 1972 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Nashville, American Association for State and Local History, 1972. Softbound. Brown, black and white pictorial wraps, [xvii] 160pp, multiple small BW illustrations withint the text. An excellent reference book for different types of conservation and maintenance on historical a...

Costume

Junior League of York · 1968 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

York, Pennsylvania, Junior League of York, 1968. Softbound. Beige matte illustrated wraps, unpaginated; approx 47pp, 19 BW plates. A booklet by the Junior League of York, Pennsylvania of the early clothing housed in the Historical Society of York Countys' collection. Good, lib...

Considerations for the Care of Textiles and Costumes: A Handbook for the Non-Specialist

Mailand, Harold F. · 1980 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1980. Third. Softbound. BW patterned wraps, 24pp, multiple BW illustrations. Signed by the author, this handbook is designed as a guide to preventative maintenance. It is hoped this handbook will heighten the reader's awareness of the ...

A History of Costume

Kohler, Carl · 1963 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Dover Publications, Inc, 1963. First. Softbound. Yellow illustrated wraps, 474pp, over 600 BW illustrations and plates. Covers Western world dress from ancient times until the 19th century and includes several patterns within the text. It is possible to make copies o...